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Worldwide User Groups
2013
IMS Regional User GroupsPhoenix, December 5th,
2013
Jeff PearceIMS RUG Advocate Salt Lake City
IBM Silicon Valley Lab
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Today’s Agenda
• Welcome and Introductions
• IMS Modernization & Integration Strategy & solutions, Shyh-Mei Ho - IBM
• IMS Autonomic and Modernization Advances, Janet Leblanc - IBM
• Lunch & Learn – IMS 12 Installation, Jeff Sullivan – State of Arizona
• IMS and DataPower, Shyh-Mei Ho - IBM
• IMS Data Replication with InfoShpere Classic for IMS, Greg Meimers - IBM
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IMS 13: Speed
� IMS 13 delivers a new world record benchmark of
117,292 Transactions Per Second
• Single IMS System will Read/Write with
Full Back up and Restore Capability
� Speed access to IMS data using native SQL from
COBOL applications
� Increase workload throughput by up to 130%
� Further lowers cost per transaction and
accelerates time to market
• 26+ Billion Transactions Per Day Run on IMS
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IMS 13 Simplicity & Affordability Simplicity:
• New Web interface for easier administration
• Expanded Eclipse-based function with IMS Explorer
• Easier IMS data access using SQL from COBOL and .NET apps
Up to 10% Up to 15% Up to 62%CPU savings for traditional
workloadsCPU savings for specialized
workloads CPU savings for Java
workloads
“..IMS 13 upgrades have been really easy to implement and have run very smoothly. I have been really impressed by the ease of installing the new version and shipping it to our systems."
– United Kingdom-based Bank
Affordability – Significant CPU Savings for IMS Clients
2X as many clients in production pre-GA for IMS 13!
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New Monthly License Charge (MLC) Pricing StrategyIMS 11, 12 & 13 all cost the same
DB2 9, 10 and 11 all cost the sameSimpler model
• Prices equalized across all versions of MLC middleware• New versions announce at flat VTV• Price increases addressed with a single annual GPA across the MLC portfolio
Why?• Removes pricing obstacle to version upgrades• Provide consistency of price changes over time• More closely aligns with industry SW pricing practices
When?• 3Q13/4Q13 announcements equalize prices
• Includes IMS, DB2, and COBOL• CICS was previously equalized• Effective January 2014 (April 1 in Japan)
• 4Q13 DB2 and IMS GA with no additional price increase • 2015 GPA (general price action) for MLC products
EXTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER 313-070 8.27.13
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Introducing: IMS Database Value Unit Edition
• The same high-speed, highly available IMS data server at a one-time charge price
• Provides competitive advantage to IMS data sharing clients requiring additional cost-effective access to IMS data for net new workload.
• Expressly for net new applications or workloads in Java or SQL only, through IMS Open Database, from applications on WebSphere Application Server on z/OS
• Adds new customized capabilities addressing business growth based on key business initiatives including services-oriented architecture (SOA), enterprise and mobile access strategy, and operational business intelligence (BI).
• Leverages the unique industry-leading performance and workload management capabilities of IMS.
• ibm.com/software/data/ims/imsdbvue/index.htmlValue
Unit
Edition
BRAND NEW!
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Upcoming Conferences featuring IMS
IBM Information on Demand
November 3 – November 8
Las Vegas, NV
IMS Day in Germany
Konigstein, Germany
October 23, 24
IBM Enterprise Systems
October 21 - 25
Orlando, FL
IMS Symposium, EMEA/Germany
Konigstein, Germany
March 2014
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IMS Sessions @ IOD 2013 • IMS Disaster Recovery Overview
• Improving IMS Performance via Dynamic
Tuning of Buffer Pools and Subpools
• IMS as a Viable Cloud Platform? An Evaluation
of the Challenges and Opportunities
• Your Big Data solution is not complete without
IMS on System z
• Orienteering through your Multi-Platform
Enterprise: Java Development on System z
Best Practices
• 45 Years Strong: IMS Introduces Its Most
Innovative Release
• Does your Big Data need maintenance?
Automatic Database Reorganizations and
Performance Tuning is Here
• Worlds Together: IMS and .NET
• IMS: The Original No SQL Big Data Engine
• IMS in a Sysplex Environment: Challenges and
Solutions
• Managing Databases more effectively using
IMS Database Solution Pack
• IMS 13 Transaction Manager: Simpler Operations in
an Open Environment
• IMS 13 System: Easier Management with Increased
Reliability
• IMS 13 DB and DBRC: Greater Resiliency for your
Data
• Up and Running on IMS in Record Time!
• Increase ROI by Expanding the Life of your IMS
applications for Another 45 years!
• Standard access to IMS data assets from COBOL
using SQL
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Customer Advisory Council Meeting
Customer
Appreciation Dinner
Certification Exams
– the first is free!
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IMS Customer Advisory council
• Monthly e-Meetings
• Information On Demand (IOD) face to face meeting
Interested in joining?Contact: Laura Hunsinger at [email protected]
Customer Advisory Council
Meeting
Certification Exams the first is free!
NEW!
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IMS Customer Sessions @ IOD 2013• Transamerica: Dynamic Change Management in IMS, Simplified to Deliver
Higher Availability
• State of Arizona: Upgrading to IMS 12 from IMS 10: Lessons learned
• State of Arizona: IMS has a catalog: Did you get the memo?
• China Construction Bank: Achieving Consistent Microsecond Response Time
in High Volume, High Growth Enterprise Databases
• IMS 13 QPP Experience at Volvo IT
• Sun Life Financial: Doing Mobile before Mobile was Mobile
• Wellpoint: How a Company in the Healthcare Industry was able to Improve
Access to Data through Cloning
• Scotiabank Leverages DataPower to Expand IMS Callout Capabilities
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IMS Business Value Assessment Roadmap
Help clients identify ways to get more out of their IMS investment.
•A proactive assessment
•Provides tactical and strategic
recommendations to:
• Increase benefits
• Lower costs
• Improve processing
efficiencies for IMS
applicationsIBM or BP Services for
Deployment
Supported by
Subject Matter
Experts from
Development
Lab
Joint Proof Of Concept Client Implementation
IMS Value Assessment?
Project Kickoff Call
Data Consolidation and Technical Assessment
Generate Recommendations anddevelop workshop materials
Deliver Recommendations Proposal for next steps.
IBM Client team follow-up
Discovery Workshop
Contact Laura Hunsinger, [email protected], for details
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“…every subject was successfully covered by the most appropriate expert. While I was there at SVL, the program was flexible enough so we could address certain topics which I personally identified, that would benefit me at my home location...”
� Reserve your spot early to work with our team at
Silicon Valley Lab in San Jose, California 2014
� Customized education sessions offered to fit your
business needs
� Program length varies depending on the sessions you
and your team chooses
� Should have at least 1-2 years of IMS experience
� Contact Tori Gonzalez for more information
IMS Customer Internship Program – 2014 planning
“…a unique experience, where I was given the opportunity to meet with the IMS developers and testers at the IBM Lab, and work side by side with them… It's incredible to meet people whose work is known worldwide.”
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IMS ISV Community
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IMS Social Community!
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Celebrating IMS’s 45th Anniversary Worldwide
• Download & Print!
http://bit.ly/IMS45th
• Snap Photos!
• Share!
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Interested in participating?
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Are you getting the most from your IMS investment?
IMS is the GOLD Standard
for:
Availability
Performance
Dependability IMS makes modernizing
easy and affordable
Support for IMS 10 ended
on November 12, 2012
We Can Help!•Version-to-Version Migrations
•Health Checks
•SOA Pilots
•Capacity Planning
•Shared Queues, Data Sharing, Sysplex
•….and much more!
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IBM Knowledge Center� Overview - IBM Knowledge Center is a “one-
stop shop” on ibm.com for IBM technical
information and resources. It will replace multiple
sources of information across IBM products.
� Initially... Knowledge Center will combine all of
our existing information centers into a single
website that provides an improved, filterable
search capability and a brand-new user
experience.
� Over time… IBM Knowledge Center will be the
basis for a fusion of a wide variety of sources
including information centers, wikis,
developerWorks, Support, Redbooks,
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Have questions? Interested in early testing?Contact David Hanson from the IMS Information Development team: [email protected]
Coming soon!
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